Steve Allee

Who is Steve Allee?

Steve Allee is an American jazz musician and composer.

Allee attended Ben Davis High Schoolin Indianapolis, Indiana. Allee was in a band during the early 1970s called the Baron Von Ohlen Quartet which self-released an album of the same name. By age 19, Allee was touring with the Buddy Rich Orchestra.

Allee's big band CD, Downtown Blues, was nominated for a Grammy and featured bassist John Clayton and drummer Joh Von Ohlen. Allee's first national solo record achieved a position of 14 on the Gavin national radio poll.

Allee has collaborated with many well known jazz musicians, including Slide Hampton, James Moody, Rufus Reid Quintet, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Phil Woods, Curtis Fuller, the Buddy Rich Orchestra, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Tim Hagans, John Riley, Ira Sullivan, Ed Thigpen, Eddie Vinson, Milt Hinton, and Bobby Shew.

Allee's accomplishments included being commissioned to write a four-movement work for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and composing the score for the film New York in the Fifties, based on a book of the same name by Dan Wakefield. The score was performed live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Allee has also composed the soundtrack for Something to Cheer About, the film of the 1954-55 Crispus Attucks basketball team, starring Oscar Robertson. Allee has written music for television shows, including Chicago Hope, Friends, NYPD Blue, Mad About You, Martha Stewart Show, Nash Bridges, Touched by an Angel, and Dharma and Greg. He is the music director for the nationally syndicated radio show The Bob and Tom Show. He also leads his own big band and trio.